Auxiliary support table for use by ophthalmologists

Abstract

An auxiliary table for use with an operating table to support a surgeon's hands during, for example, eye surgery includes a support table having a substantially planar upper surface for supporting the surgeon's hands. A mount detachably connected to the operating table holds the support table and enables the support table to be selectively oriented from a preoperative position remote from a patient's head to an operative position overlying the patient's head. Additionally, the mount includes a base and a pivot with the pivot interconnecting the base to the operating table for permitting the base to be angularly displaced, along with the support table, from the preoperative position to the operative position.

It is claimed and desired to secure by Letters Patent: 
     
       1. An auxiliary table for use with an operating table to support a surgeon's hands during, for example, eye surgery, comprising: support means having a substantially planar upper surface for supporting the surgeon's hands; and   mounting means connected to the operating table including a base means for carrying said support means and for enabling said support means to be selectively oriented from a preoperative position remote from a patient's head to an operative position overlying the patient's head;   said mounting means also including pivot means interconnecting said base means to the operating table for permitting said base means to be angularly displaced from said preoperative position to said operative position whereby said base means engages the operating table for being supported thereon;   said pivot means including rod means for detachable connecting to the operating table, said base means being provided with sleeve means for rotatably receiving said rod means, said rod means including projecting means extending therefrom for detachable inserting into bore means provided in the operating table so that said rod means may be nonrotatably mounted relative to the operating table.   
     
     
       2. The auxiliary table of claim 1 wherein said support means includes leg means extending generally perpendicularly therefrom, said base means including guide means for receiving and securing said leg means thereto. 
     
     
       3. The auxiliary table of claim 2 wherein said base means further includes drape positioning means extending above said planar upper surface of said support means for maintaining a portion of a patient drape elevated above the patient's nose and mouth area. 
     
     
       4. The auxiliary table of claim 3 wherein said drape positioning means includes an upstanding member extending generally upright from said base means and disposed adjacent said guide means. 
     
     
       5. The auxiliary table of claim 4 further including an instrument tray detachably mounted on said upstanding member for carrying surgical instruments and the like, said upstanding member including ledge means for receiving and holding said instrument tray. 
     
     
       6. The auxiliary table claim 4 wherein said base means includes head positioning means adjustably mounted thereon, said head positioning means including a pair of resilient members disposed on said base means adjustable toward opposite sides of the patient's head for engagement thereagainst so as to stabilize the patient's head relative to said base means and said support means.